Tuesday, June 21, 2005
17:00 Left Hudson
24:00 arrive in Springfield,
NJ
Across the street is CompUSA.
Down the street is Olive Garden.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Site 1 – Oakland,
NJ
9:00 I arrived at Oakland,
NJ.
I talked with Andy (Sean Macomber’s deputy).
Their network is a 16-port switch which is full.
I unplugged one of the idle cables and insinuated an 8-port
switch into the system.
I plugged the idle cable into the new switch.
We found a 6’ step ladder.
I had just started stringing the wire from the network room
when Andy asked, “What would it take to get network access in the
conference
room?”
The conference room is 5 feet past the time clock.
So, I taped a 100’
cat5 to the 50’
that I was pulling.
I taped a cat5 junction to my snake which made an easy way
to uncouple the cable from the snake.
I pulled the two wires to the time clock and continued the 100’
on to the
conference room.
I then populated the conference room with 4 different
colored cat5 and my other 8-port switch.
Red, Yellow, Purple
and Blue if you must know.
I borrowed 4 dry-wall anchors from Andy. He
let me have the remaining dozen as well.
I attached the time clock to the wall and connect it to
power and data.
The wall-wart for the old clock covered both outlets, so I
used one of our surge-suppressing power strips.
I configured the time clock as per our instructions.
I forgot to note Oakland’s
gateway’s IP
address ahead of time, so I had to go look it up.
I then ran TIBBO\DS Manager but could not get anywhere.
I called Roger and he pointed out that I needed to “select”
the only IP address shown before I could click “Settings...”.
I changed the IP address and then could not remember the
next step.
So, I called Steven.
He reminded me of the network drive where “other” time clock
software is.
I went there and ran “JATW32.exe” or something like that.
It took forever (3-4 minutes) to load.
By then, Steven had informed the system of the “044 Oakland NJ”
time clock at 10.109.8.99.
I then looked at a spare LA120 which they would like to
place into service as a spare. It had no
jet-direct so I told them to call Salem.
By now it was 11:50, so I beat a hasty retreat to Burger
King.
Site 2 – Lincoln
Park, NJ
13:00 I arrived at Lincoln
Park, NJ
The building looks much nicer than I feared.
They have 12’ ceilings, an 8’ step ladder and Joanne the
Office Administrator.
We talked about putting the new clock where the old one is,
but Darius hopes to convert the break room into and office eventually.
We talked about putting the clock in the hall near the
“Mens” department, but there is no power there.
We settled on the main entrance where power was plentiful.
It looked like another 40’, so I got a 100’.
I’m already better with the snake, so it went faster.
I attached a surge-suppressing outlet cover.
As I did, half of one of the outlets came off with the old
cover.
They must have used strong paint.
I configured the time clock as before, no surprises.
I ran the windows “software” and did its thing.
Darius’ wish list included another drop as two of his desks
share a Cat5 A/B “switch”.
One leg of the switch was 25’,
so I co-opted it, ran it across
the ceiling (5 tiles the narrow way) and down to a waiting PC.
I was done at 15:00.
I plotted a course to Piscataway
(1 hour) and set off with the intention of going there.
It started to pour and traffic started to crawl.
At 15:45 I took the exit for my Hotel.
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Thursday, June 24, 2005
Site 3 – Piscataway,
NJ
08:30 arrived in Piscataway,
NJ
There’s a hardware store across the street.
Existing time clock is attached to wooden paneling outside
of dispatch room.
I went to hardware store and bought 2 bits, 10 screws and
washers.
There was a networked computer in dispatch room, 5’ feet
from where I needed a drop.
I installed last night’s switch.
Drilled enough holes in both sides of wall to feed power and
cat5 through.
Attached time clock to wall with brass wood screws and 3/8”
washers.
Clock configured fine.
Done at 10:00.
Re-installed pc-anywhere on Tony’s machine, he had been
getting some kind of message during boot.
Added administrator privileges for Michael_Kusic to former
Kim Cooper machine.
Set up outlook, ie and kea, plus quick launch.
Left at 10:30
Site 4 – Middlesex,
NJ
11:00 arrive at Middlesex.
They could have filmed any "Terminator" movie here..
At least time clock wants to be only 10’ from network
cabinet.
George says, “We’re closing soon, I don’t know why we need
this.”
Old time clock is bolted to plywood, with plenty of room for
another.
Drill, drill, screw, screw.
The ceiling was sagging badly, so I used a 50’
and ran it
along the perimeter.
Done.
12:30 can’t get out of there fast enough.
13:10 Nathan’s hot dogs.
Site 5 – Bellmawr,
NJ
APM
14:00 arrive in Bellmawr (Puritan)
Check out site.
They want clock 60’ from network.
Their 8-port switch has 2 openings.
I pull 2 100’
over Ladies, Mens, corner of main office, thru
hole 14’ up on wall, across kitchen to far wall.
The hole 14’ off of the ground was tough, I had a 6’ step
ladder which I stood on the top of. I
could just touch a hole where conduit went through.
When I tried to push the cat5 through it
would not cross to the far side.
I borrowed a ruler and taped it to the cat5 (insert Viagra
joke here), it then went through easily.
Installed clock 5’ up due to limited space.
Ran cat5 inside wall.
Showed Carl the job.
He showed me where he would like the other cable to
end. 50’
away, beyond the kitchen.
I get back up in kitchen ceiling, no way out.
I pull cat5 back out of kitchen, along back of office,
around corner, around corner, to cinder block wall with tiny hole in it.
I fished the wire through with help of hook shaped
twist-tie.
Along another ceiling.
The 100’
went 1’ into the room at the 12’ ceiling height.
I used a cat5 connector and added a 25’
to it.
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Friday, June 24, 2005
Site 6 – Bellmawr,
NJ
Plant
8:00 arrive at Bellmawr plant
Time clock is 5’ from network cabinet.
Put new time clock (last one I brought) on other side of
doorway, 2’ from network cabinet.
Done by 9:00
Visit store
9:30 back to Puritan to await UPS
11:10 UPS delivers 3 more time clocks.
Site 7 – Salisbury,
MD
14:00 arrive in Salisbury,
MD
Time Clock is 12’ from network hub.
Attach clock to wall, run 25’
cat5 up to ceiling and over 3
ceiling tiles to switch.
Done by 15:00
Book tonight’s hotel online.
Drive to Annapolis.
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Saturday, June 25, 2005
Drive to Hyattsville, Linthicum and Baltimore to verify
locations so I can hit all three Monday.
Visited SkylineCaverns.com – 540 inside, 940
outside.
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Sunday, June 26, 2005
Lunch at G&M on Bob’s orders.
Had my first ever crab-cake.
OK, but I much prefer King Crab legs.
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Monday, June 27, 2005
7:15 depart Hotel
Site 8 – Hyattsville,
MD
7:50 arrive Hyattsville
Run 2 50’
cat5 from network to time clock
10:00 depart Hyattsville
11:00 arrive Linthicum – at Store not APM
Site 9 – Linthicum,
MD
APM
11:05 arrive Linthicum APM
Need 75’, out of 100s and 50s.
Off to Home Depot – they don’t have 100’,
only 50’.
Run a 50’
from network to break room. Need 10’
more, use a 25’
Drop 25’
into lab, add 8-port switch.
Run a 14’
from switch to computer that wants to be on network.
Run a 14’
to time clock.
13:00 depart Linthicum
Site 10 – Baltimore,
MD
13:30 arrive in Baltimore.
Existing time clock and network are side-by-side.
Add new clock, use 7’
cat5.
14:30 depart Baltimore
20:00 arrive at hotel in Goshen
NY
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Tuesday, June 27, 2005
9:00 depart Hotel
Site 11 – New Windsor,
NY
9:30 arrive at New Windsor, NY
Time clock wants to go on wall outside Jose’s office (Cinder
Block)
Jose has a drill and wall anchors.
Put 16-port switch in Joes’s office and run 25’
over 10’ high
cinder block wall to time clock.
11:00 depart
Site 12 – Stratford,
CT
12:30 arrive Stratford,
CT
Time clock wants to go on wall 12’ from network room.
One 25’
does the trick
13:30 depart Stratford
1690 Miles
Bonus Work
Oakland, NJ – Add 8-port switch in network
room. Run line to conference room and
add 8-port switch there.
Lincoln Park, NJ – Run line across ceiling to
desk which had been sharing line.
Piscataway, NJ – Add 8-port switch in
dispatch room to attach time clock to.
Re-installed PCA.
Middlesex, NJ – Ran line across floor –
facility is closing soon and is a dump.
Bellmawr, NJ APM – Ran 125’ to back room.
Bellmawr, NJ
Plant – Nothing
Salisbury, MD – Nothing
Hyattsville, MD
– Nothing
Linthicum, MD APM – Put 8-port switch in Lab
and run 14’ to computer.
Baltimore, MD – Nothing
New Windsor, NY – Add 16-port switch to Jose’s
office.
Stratford, CT – Fixed admin privs on front
counter computer (former Julie Gravino machine)
